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Five hundred National Guard members have arrived in the Chicago area and are mobilized for an initial period of 60 days, despite an ongoing lawsuit challenging their deployment there, according to a statement Wednesday from U.S. Northern Command<\/a>, a part of the Defense Department.
About 200 members from multiple units in the Texas National Guard and 300 members from units in the Illinois National Guard have been activated and sent to the Chicago area, the statement said. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has denounced the deployment<\/a> as an unconstitutional invasion.
The troops are stationed at the Army Reserve center in Elwood, outside Joliet, about an hour southwest of Chicago.
\u201cThese forces will protect U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other U.S. government personnel who are performing federal functions, including the enforcement of federal law, and to protect federal property,\u201d U.S. Northern Command said in its statement.
On Monday, the state of Illinois and city of Chicago sued <\/a>to block the Trump administration from deploying federalized National Guard troops<\/a> on the streets of Chicago.
In a statement Sunday, ahead of the National Guard\u2019s arrival, Pritzker said, \u201cWe must now start calling this what it is: Trump\u2019s Invasion.\u201d
\u201cIt started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state\u2019s military troops,\u201d he said.
\u200b\u201cThe brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness.\u201d
President Donald Trump said Wednesday on Truth Social <\/a>that Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson \u201cshould be in jail\u201d in an escalation of his conflict with the two Democratic officials.
\u201cChicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers!\u201d he said in the post<\/a>. \u201cGovernor Pritzker also!\u201d
Trump has threatened for weeks to send troops to Chicago as part of a crime-fighting and immigration effort, and Democrats have pushed back and said any deployment would be politically motivated against his perceived enemies and an overreach of authority.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for further comment.
Pritzker responded to Trump on X<\/a>, saying, \u201cI will not back down.\u201d
\u201cTrump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?\u201d
Reached for comment, Johnson said, \u201cThis is not the first time Trump has tried to have a Black man unjustly arrested.\u201d
\u201cI\u2019m not going anywhere,\u201d he added.
The Trump administration is also seeking to send the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, but a judge granted a temporary restraining order<\/a> over the weekend to block the move as the case is considered in court.
A three-judge panel on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday granted an administrative stay of Judge Karin Immergut\u2019s ruling Saturday<\/a> and will allow for the federalization of Oregon National Guard members. The ruling did not address the deployment of those members in Portland, which is expected to be addressed at a hearing Thursday.
The emergency administrative ruling stands, while the appeals process in the case continues.
A Pentagon spokesperson said the troops would have worked to support ICE and other federal personnel, as well as protect federal property.
On Tuesday, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek directed U.S. Northern Command to demobilize Oregon\u2019s 200 National Guard troops and return another 200 California National Guard members to their state.
Referring to the judge\u2019s decision temporarily blocking Trump from sending the National Guard into Portland, Kotek said in a statement, \u201cImmergut\u2019s orders are a clear and forceful rebuttal to President Trump\u2019s misuse of states\u2019 National Guard.\u201d
\u201cThus, I am directing Northern Command to send Oregon\u2019s citizen-soldiers home from Camp Rilea immediately,\u201d she said. \u201cLet\u2019s remember that these Oregonians are our neighbors and friends, who have been unlawfully uprooted from their family and careers \u2014 they deserve better than this.\u201d
It was unclear whether Kotek\u2019s letter to U.S. Northern Command would have any effect. The governor\u2019s office did not respond to a request for comment about legal standing for directing Northern Command to send troops home. Northern Command also did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The Trump administration has asked a federal appeals court to block Immergut\u2019s order while the case makes its way through the courts, arguing her ruling \u201cimproperly impinges on the Commander in Chief\u2019s supervision of military operations, countermands a military directive to officers in the field, and endangers federal personnel and property.\u201d Attorneys for the state contend her order should stay in place. The 9th Circuit court is scheduled to hear both sides\u2019 arguments at a hearing Thursday.
Daniella Silva is a national reporter for NBC News, focusing on immigration and education.
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